Saturday saw us travel to Chipping Norton for our return fixture. The weather was nice and warm with white fluffy clouds and just a slight breeze, perfect for bowling. That's where the good news ends as, unfortunately we were comprehensively beaten 57-110. The green was lightning fast and they were able to master these conditions much better than us.
Rink 1 - Lead - Yvonne Twomey
No. 2 - John Timms
Skip - Chris Twomey
Chris's rink struggled throughout and, although they won 8 of the 18 ends, could not score high enough when they did and conceded heavily when they lost which unfortunately meant the final score was 11-24.
Rink 2 - Lead - Tina Timms
No. 2 - Dave Drinkwater
Skip - Bryan Ogilvie
A very tight game throughout with both teams winning 9 ends each, but the we picked up a 5 and a 6 on two of these ends which resulted in a win 19-16.
Rink 3 - Lead - Tony Bird
No. 2 - Pete Griffin
Skip - Chris Skidmore
Chris's rink found themselves up against strong competition and could not master the conditions as well as the opposition and soon found themselves 10-1 down after 8 ends. Things did not get much better and they eventually went down 5-20.
Rink 4 - Lead - Richard Lawrence
No. 2 - Mick Wilkins
Skip - Dave Bryant
Another very tight game and, after 12 ends the scores were level 10-10, but unfortunately the opposition won 4 of the remaining 6 ends to come out on top with the final result being a loss 12-16.
Rink 5 - Lead - Kath Buckingham
No. 2 - Terri Gold
Skip - Howard Buckingham
This was a tough ask for Howard's rink, coming up against some league opposition and, although they won 7 ends the opposition scored heavily when they won an end which resulted in a loss 10-34.
Although we lost convincingly it was an enjoyable afternoon and we can say that, as we beat them at Adderbury, we can call it a 'draw'! A big thank you to Jill, who played for the opposition and, as usual whenever we loan players they tend to play extremely well and Jill was no exception.
